| All Ireland Champions | |
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| Winners | Limerick (7th win) |
| Captain | Éamonn Grimes |
| All Ireland Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Kilkenny |
| Captain | Pat Delaney |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Limerick |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship Statistics | |
| Player of the Year | Éamonn Grimes |
| All-Star Team | See here |
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The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1973 was the 87th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Limerick won the championship, beating Kilkenny 1-21 to 1-14 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.
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The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1971 was run on a provincial basis as usual. It was a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random in the respective provinces - there were no seeds.
Each match was played as a single leg. If a match was drawn there was a replay. If both sides were still level at the end of that game another replay had to take place.
Munster Championship
Quarter-final: (1 match) This was a single match between the first two teams drawn from the province of Munster.
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winner of the lone quarter-final joined the other three Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings.
Final: (1 match) The winner of the two semi-finals contested this game.
Leinster Championship
First Round: (1 match) This was a single match between two of the 'weaker' teams drawn from the province of Leinster.
Quarter-finals: (2 matches) The winner of the first round game joined three other Leinster teams to make up the two quarter-final pairings.
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals joined Kilkenny and Wexford, who received a bye to this stage, to make up the semi-final pairings.
Final: (1 match) The winner of the two semi-finals contested this game.
All-Ireland Championship
Quarter-final: (1 match) This was a single match between London and Galway, two teams who faced no competition in their respective provinces.
Semi-final: (1 matches) The winner of the lone quarter-final joined the Munster champions to make up the semi-final pairing.
Final: (1 match) The winner of the lone semi-final contested this game with the Leinster champions receiving a bye into the final.
First round |
Offaly | 4-12 – 3-6 | Kildare | |
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Quarter-final |
Offaly | 3-10 – 3-10 | Laois | |
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Quarter-final replay |
Offaly | 5-6 – 3-10 | Laois | |
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Semi-final |
Wexford | 2-14 – 2-9 | Offaly | |
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Semi-final |
Kilkenny | 2-19 – 2-11 | Dublin | |
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| August 5 Final |
Kilkenny | 4-22 – 3-15 | Wexford | Croke Park, Dublin |
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| May 20 Quarter-final |
Tipperary | 1-16 – 2-8 | Waterford | Semple Stadium, Thurles |
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| June 24 Semi-final |
Limerick | 3-11 – 3-9 | Clare | Semple Stadium, Thurles |
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| July 1 Semi-final |
Tipperary | 5-4 – 1-10 | Cork | Gaelic Grounds, Limerick |
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| July 29 Final |
Tipperary | 2-18 – 6-7 | Limerick | Semple Stadium, Thurles Referee: M. Slattery (Clare) |
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| July 29 Quarter-final |
London | 4-7 – 3-5 | Galway | Duggan Park, Ballinasloe |
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| 5 August Semi-final |
Limerick | 1-15 – 0-7 | London | Cusack Park, Ennis |
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| 2 September Final |
Limerick | 1-21 – 1-14 | Kilkenny | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 58,009 Referee: M. Slattery (Clare) |
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| R. Bennis (0-10), M. Dowling (1-1), É. Grimes (0-4), F. Nolan (0-2), N. Rea (0-2), B. Hartigan (0-1), J. McKenna (0-1). | C. Dunne (0-7), P. Delaney (1-1), M. Crotty (0-3), L. O'Brien (0-2), M. Brennan(0-1). |